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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           after         a    long          Mlness,            ‘Tasmania                lost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              »yher        foremost                   amateur                wireless




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 menter.




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          He was the                         first person in




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 thls State               to broadcast                       music hy wire-




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                less,




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             from         his         private            transmitting                  sta-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                tion in Hobart, and for several years




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                devoted himself to the study of radio and


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the development af radio ideas, many
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                which have been adopted




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           by fellow ex-~




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                perimenters who were in conrmunicati
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     on
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                                                                                                                                             3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    from        other        parts         of




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              {the world.                    His special                     branch of




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  study
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              *|was wireless                 telegraphy,                     and as an            ama-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             operator                 his         familiar           call             sign,




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                world         where             radio




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Morge         key.              [ft    was         quite       a    usnal         thing




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                tor ‘him to have chats almost daily with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                fellow experimenters in several contin~




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ents, his opinion on the adjustment of




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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ful tests his work was highly apprectat-



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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                teur       radio     operators.                         During       the      severe
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                graph lines                  were out of action between
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  siyq yo Aue
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       no                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Hobart and                   Launceston, his private sta-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                tion was on the atr almost continuously




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            sesame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                for two days and two nights, and for the
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                greater part of the time
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mr. Watkins,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                though a sick man, stuck                                       to his instru-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SOUBPLOIOE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         > Surpua

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ments   wiih very  short                                       intervals   for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                steep, receiving and despatdhing. many
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                thousands of qwords of press news.    A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  feys pue ‘aouenr




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                most unassuming man, with a very genu-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                fal disposition, ever ready to pass on his
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                knowledge  to                          fellow — experimenters,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                [Rtousry-rayseunysog ayy




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                “Watty,” as he                          was called   by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       qa




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          radia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                friends            kere         and         {In        different        parts            of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &                                               the world, will be much missed.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Telegrams of sympathy from the divi-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                sions of wireless institutes on the main-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                land received by his relatives all bear
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ‘suorstaoad




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            tt                  testimony: to his sterling worth,  Young
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            J             .     men of his type can ill be spared.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  At the graveside at Cornelian Bay yes~
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  patqns




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ‘terday, where the funeral service  ‘was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ~                   conducted by the Rev. J. W. Barrow. a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     «|        large gathering of representatives of de-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       jo




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 :             partmental, commercial,     and      amatenr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               wireless hodics paid their last respects
                                                                                                                                        ae                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             °                                       to the deceased,  the paltsbearers      being
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               well-known ap        .  Pel     os aperatars.